Smart Junior Competition

Rules and Regulations

1. The Smart Junior competition is for creating new or modifying an existing product, process or technology. However, the participants are only required to present their ideas and no product or process prototype is required to be prepared.
2. The competition is open to Brunei residents with a valid Brunei identity card and who are still enrolled in a Bruneian school from the lower secondary levels or equivalent to Year 7 to Year 9 on Monday, 27 January 2025.
3. A participant can join the competition as an individual or as a member of a team. Each team can have a maximum of three members (including the team leader). No changes of team members are allowed after the submission deadline.
4. A participant is only allowed to be involved in one entry.
5. Each entry must be supervised by a teacher and be nominated and endorsed by the participant’s school.
6. For individual entry, the participant must be a yellow/purple identity card holder.
7. For team entry, there must be at least one yellow/purple identity card holder within the team.
8. For Smart Junior Competition, the Approval and Endorsement section of the entry form must be filled in by the Supervisor, accordingly.
9. The Declaration section of the entry form must be completed by the Project Leader. Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted.
10. Each entry needs to provide a preliminary description of the innovative idea in the Proposal Form. Further instructions can be found in the form. It can be written either in Malay or English language.
11. The entries will be reviewed for eligibility and participants of shortlisted entries will be notified.
12. Participants of shortlisted entries will be required to produce a final report that provides a detailed description of the innovative idea on a new technological product or process or a modification(s) of an existing product, process or technology, that can improve or enhance its function or quality.
13. The innovative idea must be original and has not been published, submitted to other international competitions or copied from other sources. Many past entries have been disqualified as a result of having been entered into other competitions and the participants are hereby informed of this.
14. An A1-sized poster describing the concept of the innovative idea has to be prepared. Before the judging day, the poster has to be set-up and displayed for judges’ evaluation at Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB), Brunei Darussalam.
15. During the judging day, participants have to deliver a presentation on the concept of the innovative idea for the purpose of evaluations at UTB, Brunei Darussalam. The presentation content should be based on the participant’s final report. All members must be present on the judging day except for cases of unforeseen circumstances.
16. Participants need to make their own arrangements to come in person to set-up and present at UTB, Brunei Darussalam. UTB, as the organiser, will not be providing any support in presenting their innovations/products except for basic equipment like a projector and a computer.
17. All decisions of UTB (including those of the shortlisting and judging panels) are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

Assessment Criteria

Suitable judges for the assessment and evaluation of the work will be identified and appointed by the organising committee. The rules and guidelines for judging the work will be prepared by the organising committee. The assessment of the entries will be conducted in two stages:

Registration

To register an entry, please submit an online application:

• CIPTA2025 ENTRY FORM

The following documents shall be uploaded via the online entry form:

1. Proposal Form
2. Proof of Payment
3. Scanned Copies of Identification Documents of All Team Members(i.e. passport or identity card)
4. Approval and Endorsement Form

Deadline of registration: 27 January 2025

Entry Fees

The entry fee for this category is BND 20.00.

The fee is non-refundable. 

Payment by cash, cheque or debit/credit cards can be made at:
Finance Section
First floor, Administration Block
Universiti Teknologi Brunei
Lebuhraya Tungku, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam

Payment details for bank transfer or telegraphic transfer are as below:

Please upload the receipt and payment reference number, via the online registration form for proof of payment.

Awards and Prizes

ASEAN New Invention & Innovation Category

Medal Winner
Top 50% of the entries will be named medal winners:
Gold Medal - Top 10% of entry
Silver Medal - The following 20% of entry
Bronze Medal - The next 20% of entry

Best Invention Cash Prize Winner
Entries with the top 5 marks will be awarded the Best Invention Cash Prize:

All participants will be issued Certificate of Participation.
For any inquiries, please contact CIPTA2025 Secretariat at [email protected].